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Winning: Paul Newman's Ford 351-powered Volkswagen Beetle for sale

From the King of Cool to Cool Hand Luke, our movie hero vehicles are right at our fingertips. Now if we only had $250,000 to spend on a Volkswagen Beetle. The “Newman Bug,” as it was once called, is up for sale for a cool quarter-million dollars.

Porsche acquires Nardo Test Track as its new playground

Porsche Nardo Test Track (map from Google Earth) The enormous Nardo Test Track near Lecce, Italy, has been acquired by Porsche as a new testing ground. Top Gear viewers will probably remember the opening episode if the last series of Top Gear (series 18) with the Lamborghini, McLaren and Noble in Italy or, more specifically, in the Lecce region of Italy which nestles in the warmth of Italy’s heel. The Lecce region also houses the Nardo Test Track which is where the boys took their supercars to hammer round the slightly bumpy outer oval seeking top speed.

Nissan launches Platinum Edition X-TRAIL

Nissan launches X-TRAIL Platinum Edition with lots of toys Nissan launches the X-Trail Platinum Edition with every option box already ticked. Costs from £29,180. The Nissan X-TRAIL is a perfectly good example of an on-road SUV, much in the style of the Freelander 2.